function argument 'shorthand'

[Dave]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>> Couldn't find this in the archive, so I don't know if it's been discussed
>> before.
>>
>> One of the things I like about Pascal is that you can specify function 
>> arguments
>> of the same type w/o repeating the type. So, in D we could:
>>
>> int foo(int x, y, z) // y and z are type int
>> {}
>>
>> int bar(int x = 1, y = 2, z = 3) // y and z are type int
>> {}
>>
>> void baz(int x, y, double d, f = 3.14159)  // y is an int, f is a double
>> {}
>>
>> Thoughts?
> 
> It has grammatical ambiguities. Consider:
> 
> int foo(int x, y);
> 
> Is the second a declaration of y of type int, or is it a parameter of 
> type y?

(Red faced) Of course.

Thanks,

- Dave